Arizona Highways Wins IRMA Gold!

Gold, Special Focus Issue, “Arizona Highways Centennial Issue” (February 2012)

Arizona Highways took home 10 awards from the International Regional Magazine Association (IRMA)’s 2012 competition, including Gold awards in the following categories: Public Issues Feature, Overall Art Direction, Department, Special Focus Issue and Reader Service Article.

Job well done Arizona Highways!

Check out our Gold winners, as well as a complete list of awards presented to Arizona Highways during the 2013 IRMA conference, held this past weekend in Baltimore:

Gold, Department, “The Journal”

Gold, Special Focus Issue, “Arizona Highways Centennial Issue” (February 2012)

Gold, Overall Art Direction, Barbara Glynn Denney and Keith Whitney

Gold, Reader Service Article, “Summer Hiking Guide,” by Robert Stieve (June 2012)

Gold, Public Issues Feature, “Current Conditions,” by Terry Greene Sterling (July 2012)

Gold, Public Issues Feature, “Current Conditions,” by Terry Greene Sterling (July 2012)
Gold, Overall Art Direction, Barbara Glynn Denney and Keith Whitney
Gold, Department, “The Journal”
Gold, Special Focus Issue, “Arizona Highways Centennial Issue” (February 2012)
Gold, Reader Service Article, “Summer Hiking Guide,” by Robert Stieve (June 2012)
Silver, Environmental Feature, “A Burning Issue,” By Kelly Vaughn Kramer (June 2012)
Silver, Companion Website, http://www.arizonahighways.com
Bronze, Travel Feature, “Arch Rival,” by Annette McGivney (November 2012)
Bronze, Illustration, “The High Lonesome,” by Chris Gall (October 2012)
Bronze, Art Direction of a Single Story, “Where the Bodies are Buried,” Barbara Glynn Denney, Keith Whitney and Jeff Kida (October 2012)

Arizona Highways Takes Home IRMA Gold

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Arizona Highways is thrilled to announce that we took home 13 awards from the International Regional Magazine Association (IRMA), including three Gold awards in the following categories: Travel Feature, Art Direction of a Single Story and Cover.

Congratulations to our amazing colleagues at Arizona Highways… We are incredibly proud of you, and we thank you for your hard work and dedication to the magazine.

The following is a list of awards presented to Arizona Highways during the 2012 IRMA conference, which we hosted at the Hotel Valley Ho in Scottsdale:

Gold | Travel Feature | Going with the Flow by Craig Childs | July 2011
Gold | Art Direction of a Single Story | What’s Right with Arizona by Barbara Glynn Denney | August 2011
Gold | Cover | December 2011
Silver | Single Photo | Native Customs by Suzanne Mathia | August 2011
Silver | Photo Series | Northern Exposures by Shane McDermott | June 2011
Silver | Overall Art Direction | Barbara Glynn Denney and Keith Whitney
Silver | Nature Feature | Just Add Water by Craig Childs | June 2011
Silver | Special Focus Issue | A Special State Parks Guide | May 2011
Bronze | Illustration | The Lucky Spurs by Brad Holland | March 2011
Bronze | Department | The Journal
Bronze | Public Issues |The State of Our State Parks by Kathy Montgomery | May 2011
Bronze | Food Feature | Best Restaurants by Nikki Buchanan | April 2011
Award of Merit | Reader Service | Summer Hiking Guide by Robert Stieve | June 2011

Arizona Highways Wins 13 Awards!

GOLD: Special Focus Issue | “The Insiders’ Grand Canyon” | May 2010

GOLD: Historical Feature | “O Canyoneers” | November 2010

Fantastic news coming out of The Biggest Little City in The World… we just received word that Arizona Highways magazine won a total of 13 awards — including two golds — at the International Regional Magazine Association (IRMA) annual awards ceremony in Reno.

The magazine received accolades in several categories including overall art direction, best historical feature and best special focus issue, to name a few. The IRMA awards honored work from 2010 in the tiers of gold, silver and bronze, with gold being the highest recognition.

“I am very proud of the work our incredible team does month after month, and it is great to be recognized for some of that work on a national level,” said Editor Robert Stieve. “Our stories, photographs, design and website are measured against some of the best regional magazines in North America, which makes these awards especially meaningful.”

IRMA’s annual awards are selected by a panel of independent writing and design judges across more than 20 magazine categories. 

We took home honors in the following 13 categories:

• Gold, for Historical Feature, “O Canyoneers,” November 2010 (Writer: Jane Barnes)
• Gold, for Special Focus Issue, “The Insiders’ Grand Canyon,” May 2010 (Writers: Kelly Kramer, Larry Lindahl, Chuck Bowden and Mary Ellen Hickey)
• Silver, for Environmental Feature, “Emerald Isle,” February 2010 (Writer: Terry Greene Sterling)
• Silver, for General Feature, “Alone on the Hill,” February 2010 (Writer: Kathy Montgomery)
• Silver, for Essay, “All My Grand Canyons,” May 2010 (Writer: Chuck Bowden)
• Silver, for Single Photo, “Grand Falls,” December 2010 (Photographer: Shane McDermott)
• Silver, for Department, “The Journal”
• Silver, for Cover, “Ultimate Camping,” July 2010
• Silver, for Companion Website
• Silver, for Overall Art Direction
• Bronze, for Culture Feature, “Writing on the Walls,” April 2010 (Writer: Ruth Rudner)
• Bronze, for Reader Service Article, “Summer Hiking Guide,” June 2010 (Writer: Robert Stieve)
• Bronze, for Profiles, “Looking for Balance,” October 2010 (Writer: Kathy Montgomery)